Nonlinear elliptic problems approximating degenerate equations

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The authors are concerned with the following problem: \[ -\text{div } ( a_{\varepsilon}(x) \nabla u) + g(x,u) = 0 \quad \text{in }\Omega, \quad u = 0 \quad \text{on }\partial \Omega, \leqno(P_{\varepsilon}) \] where \(g \) is subcritical, \(\Omega\) bounded, and the matrix \(a_{\varepsilon}\) satisfies an ellipticity condition and is assumed to degenerate on a subset \(D\) of \(\Omega\) as \(\varepsilon \to 0\). After summarizing some of their previous results concerning existence of multiple positive solutions, multibump-solutions and nodal solutions for \((P_{\varepsilon}), \varepsilon>0\), the authors prove the following non-existence result: If \( \inf g_u (x,0) > 0 \) on an open subset of \(D\), then, for \(\varepsilon\) small enough, there is no solution of constant sign of \((P_{\varepsilon})\).











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